Chapter 30: It's all about survival
Mu Chengxue was born in 2050, that is, the year of the end of the world, which is undoubtedly a very unfortunate thing, and even more unfortunate, she survived.
Mu Chengxue's childhood, perhaps it should be said that she did not have the concept of childhood at all, and since she can remember, her memory has only been 'hunger', 'blood', 'death', and 'escape'...... And so on, and so on.
When she was eighteen years old, Mu Chengxue's team of survivors was attacked by Aragami, and she lost her father, the only remaining relative, and most of the humans in the team also died at the mouth of Aragami, and those who survived were scattered.
While fleeing alone, Mu Chengxue encountered another team of survivors, who thought it was a new hope but did not expect it to be the beginning of a nightmare - because of her good looks, she was raped by the leader of the team on a snowy night, and in the years that followed, she was even tainted by many of the leader's men.
At that time, Mu Chengxue didn't think about suicide, but she always couldn't muster the last bit of courage, or she was unwilling, unwilling to die in obscurity, but those scum were still alive and well, and she dreamed of one day being able to kill those scum.
However, dreams are dreams after all, and this idea is undoubtedly too difficult for her to realize as a powerless woman.
The nightmarish years didn't come to an end until Mu Chengxue was 21 years old, when her team was once again confronted by Aragami, and the scumbag leader used her as bait to survive.
'I don't have to run faster than a tiger, I just have to run faster than you' is a joke, but it reflects a real human nature.
Mu Chengxue still remembered that when she faced the pursuit of the Aragami, the scumbag leader broke her leg without hesitation, and she remembered that when she was about to close her eyes and wait for death in the face of the many fierce Aragami who flew over, the cleanly strangled many Aragami was like a sword that opened the world, and the face that was not outstanding but had a gentle smile.
In the end, the scumbag leader who raped her and his men were punished as they deserved by feeding Aragami and becoming a search and rescue officer in the City of Angels.
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Mu Chengxue, who woke up from her slumber, lay quietly on the hospital bed, and for some reason remembered all kinds of things in the past.
"Maybe, I saw the smile of the adult again......" Half-sounded, Mu Chengxue sighed silently in her heart.
She longed for and admired that adult, but she was self-aware, not to mention that her body was already a broken flower, even if she was perfect, there were many women in the entire Angel City who were better than her.
Although there are many people in the City of Angels who are pursuing her these days, she understands that most of the reason they are pursuing her is because of her appearance.
She still remembered the sentence full of pity, 'Does it hurt?' when the adult gently picked up her unkempt hair and broken right leg? ’
Thinking back to this, the corners of Mu Chengxue's mouth suddenly hooked up a smile, as if she was talking to someone and as if she was talking to herself, and muttered: "It doesn't hurt, because it's warm." ”
Yes, in which piece of snow covered by wind and snow, she only felt a warmth that she had never felt in her life, and it was precisely because of this warmth that she had the courage to survive and the strength to face the past.
Just when Mu Chengxue was savoring this warmth, a figure in a white tuxedo suddenly appeared in the ward, which was the iron head.
Then, the ward's somewhat indifferent neutral voice sounded.
"Mu Chengxue, the leader of the first team, I have a task here, are you willing to accept it?"
Mu Chengxue, who was immersed in memories, did not notice the arrival of Tietou, and it was not until Tietou's voice sounded that she came back to her senses as if she had just woken up from a dream.
After seeing Tietou's figure, Mu Chengxue, who was dressed in a hospital gown, hurriedly struggled to get off the hospital bed, half-knelt on the ground and asked respectfully, "Lord Tie, what is the task?" ”
The moment the question fell, Tietou followed up and explained, "The research institute has recently developed a new type of gene fusion potion, which can allow humans to fuse some of the genes of Aragami to enhance the strength of humans themselves. The previous fusion experiments have been tested on some human prisoners, but because the genes of those human prisoners themselves are too mediocre, the experiments have ended in failure, so now, I am going to find some genetically excellent humans to do the experiment. ”
"Lord Tie, I am willing to accept this task!" Before Tie Tou finished speaking, he was interrupted by Mu Chengxue with a firm face.
Ever since she was attacked by the Dryad Aragami, that deep sense of powerlessness had never made Mu Chengxue have such a strong desire for power at any moment.
"And in order to realize the great plan of the adults to protect all mankind, I must also become stronger!" Mu Chengxue swore secretly in her heart, and there was a determined light flashing in her lowered eyes.
The interrupted iron head did not show the slightest dissatisfaction, but asked as if he was concerned, "Are you sure?" Although the stability of the genetic potion has been improved after some experiments, there is still a danger that if the fusion fails, you will die of a genetic collapse at worst, and at best you will become a monster that has lost itself. ”
"Subordinates are sure!" Mu Chengxue nodded, and replied with a firm face, she has nothing to worry about in this world, if she can contribute to the strength of the City of Angels, she is willing.
Then, I don't know what I thought, Mu Chengxue raised her head and looked at Tietou, and after a hesitation, she said, "My subordinates have a request." ”
"Say." The iron head said expressionlessly.
Mu Chengxue took a deep breath and said with some hope: "If, if the experiment fails and his subordinates become monsters, can you, can you ask Lord Lu Fan to kill me with his own hands?" ”
The iron head looked at Mu Chengxue expressionlessly, and only after half a sound did he reply with his usual indifferent figure: "I will ask His Excellency the Marquis for instructions." ”
Mu Chengxue's face suddenly showed a heartfelt smile: "Thank you, Lord Tie!" "If she can die at the hands of that adult at the end of her life, it will be the greatest happiness in her life.
Half an hour later, Mu Chengxue, who had changed into the white combat uniform, came to the Biological Gene Research Institute located in the A7 area of the City of Angels.
Between the opening and closing of the automatic door, Mu Chengxue stepped in with a determined expression.
An hour later, the City of Angels Institute of Biogenetics, Laboratory 9.
Wang Yaozu, who joined the City of Angels for less than half a day, witnessed the birth of a miraculous event in his life - in the laboratory with a thick transparent substance, crystal clear white ice crystals spread out, covering the vast space of the entire laboratory in a very short time, and on the experimental table in the center of the space, the blooming ice flowers were piled up into a gorgeous ice throne, and within the throne, Mu Chengxue's figure lay quietly, as if sleeping.
In the next second, Mu Chengxue's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and the blue-white light flickered, the original black pupils had changed to deep blue, and her black and bright hair had also turned into crystal white.
With Mu Chengxue's awakening, the white ice crystals all over the laboratory seemed to have been replayed by time, and flowed backwards towards the center of the laboratory in a very short time, and even the huge ice throne that enveloped the entire experimental table began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye, and disappeared without a trace in a few blinks of an eye, as if the strange ice scene before was an illusion.
However, Wang Yaozu, who was standing outside the No. 9 laboratory, and many researchers in the City of Angels understood that it was not an illusion but a special ability that had a very small probability of appearing after the fusion of human and Aragami genes, similar to the superpowers that appeared in science fiction movies, but undoubtedly more powerful.
Then, in the excited eyes of many scientific researchers, Mu Chengxue, who had changed her image greatly, slowly sat up, looked around a little blankly, and subconsciously raised her right hand.
In an instant, a crystal blue-white ice pick quietly emerged from the palm of Mu Chengxue's hand.
At the same time, the figure of the iron head appeared in the laboratory.
Glancing at the blue-white ice pick in Mu Chengxue's hand, and feeling that Mu Chengxue himself was still quite conscious, Tietou said in an indifferent voice as always: "It seems that the fusion experiment has been successful, congratulations." ”
Coming back to her senses from the indifferent voice of the iron head, Mu Chengxue subconsciously looked outside the laboratory with a transparent substance, and glanced at the people who were a little excited, but she didn't see the person she wanted to see the most, her expression darkened, and she asked in a low voice, "Didn't Lord Lu Fan come?" ”
The answer to her was the merciless and indifferent voice of the iron head: "Your Excellency the Marquis has a lot of things to do, and he has no time to pay attention to such a trivial matter. ”
In a word, Mu Chengxue, who had just struggled from the brink of life and death, pursed her mouth a little aggrieved, and complained in a low voice: "You, you deceive people!" I obviously said that I would invite Lord Lu Fan to come! ”
As an artificial intelligence, Tietou naturally didn't care about Mu Chengxue's complaints, and was completely deaf. And things like human experiments, the iron head was done by Lu Fan without it, how could he really ask Lu Fan for instructions, wasn't that looking for it to be demolished?
The thing promised to Mu Chengxue before was just talk, the purpose was to give Mu Chengxue a hope, after all, sometimes the will of human beings themselves is also a key to the success of the experiment.
If the experiment really fails, Mu Chengxue will become a monster, and the iron head will definitely wipe her out as soon as possible, so that Lu Fan will not notice the slightest abnormality.
As for Mu Chengxue, she only complained verbally, and now she has guessed some truths, and understands that these fusion experiments must not have been agreed by Lu Fan.
Because in her impression, Lu Fan is the kindest, gentleest, and greatest person in the world! It is impossible to agree to such an inhumane thing.
But Mu Chengxue also understands that these things are beneficial to the City of Angels, although it is somewhat inhumane, but in the last days, 'humanity' is probably the most meaningless thing, everything is for survival.
And in this increasingly dangerous apocalypse, humanity can only survive if it becomes stronger.
Subsequently, although Mu Chengxue still had some small emotions, she still seriously assisted many scientific researchers to record and study her current physical condition, in order to further improve the gene fusion agent and apply it to everyone in the search and rescue force of the City of Angels as soon as possible, and even all the residents of the City of Angels.