Chapter 33: The Ship of Theseus

A large number of troops began to be stationed near the research institute, and as far as the eye could see, there were newly erected radar antennas on the snow-white summits of several nearby mountains, military camps on the mountainside, various missile vehicles at the bottom of the mountains, and soldiers with white armor and rifles wrapped in strips of white cloth, patrolling back and forth.

The soldiers stopped the off-road vehicle at Taniguchi and transferred Wang Hong and Nelly to the research institute in a military vehicle.

Wang Hong's face was ugly, distraught, and he returned to the laboratory: "Neri, give me a cup of coffee and sugar." ”

Nelly's hand shook when she took Coke, slowly changed a cup and brewed a cup of fragrant coffee, gently adding two pieces of cane sugar.

"How much sugar did you put in it?" Wang Hong covered his face with his hands and leaned back on the back of the chair.

"Two pieces" Nelly was stupid.

"Not enough, add two more!"

“…… Okay" Nelly turned around and put in two more pieces of cane sugar, stirred slowly, then put the coffee on the desk, bowed, turned around and burst into tears, exited the office, and the door closed.

Wang Hong put down his hands and clenched his fists on the table, his face flushed, panting, staring at the coffee, raising his hand and raising his head, swallowing the coffee, casually putting down the empty cup, opening the design software of the host and starting to design the external machinery of "eggshell". The undissolved syrup at the bottom of the cup is viscous.

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Adhering to the principle of not deceiving the volunteers, Wang Hongdu, the next volunteer sent to the institute, met one by one and exaggerated the risks of the experiment to tell the volunteers. In the end, there were mothers who were left in exchange for money to save their sick children; There are mad scientists who want to experience new life forms; There were people in a similar situation to Ichiro Fujimoto, hundreds of people ended up leaving seventeen people.

The scientist's name is Yamaguchi Mabu, a middle-aged man, who was a little embarrassed to see Wang Hong, his face was red, and he scratched his ears and cheeks: "I haven't made any achievements, and now I am very ashamed to see you make great achievements at such a young age." Nelly translated for Wang Hong.

Wang Hong couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly got up and walked around the desk to hold Yamaguchi's hand: "Why don't you come to join in the fun, isn't it good to do research in the laboratory, this kind of experiment will kill you if you are not careful." ”

Yamaguchi got up and hurriedly got up, listened to Nelly's translation, and shook his head at Wang Hong: "My thinking is rigid, I always do it halfway, others have already made the results, and now I see your research, I am very interested, and I want to participate." ”

Wang Hong was a little embarrassed: "But the researchers in the laboratory must have very sensitive thinking logic and strong operation skills, and you are a little inappropriate." Wang Hong thought that Yamaguchi Mabu wanted to join his laboratory.

"No, no, no," Mabu Yamaguchi hurriedly explained, "I said that I was stupid, I wanted to be transformed into a 'human' like a 'super soldier', and I wanted to try to think in that state." ”

"Oh?" Wang Hong was puzzled: "How do you know that I am studying 'super soldiers'?" ”

"Hehe, I am serving in a research institute directly under the military, and the maintenance and testing of your 'Spider Samurai' from 'Tengu' to the test site is carried out by 'Tengu' with us."

Wang Hong was noncommittal: "Then you already know what you will go through, it's too late to leave now." ”

"No!" Yamaguchi Ma Bu is categorical: "I have made up my mind, and I am determined to feel this new way of thinking, and I hope that this will make my thinking more sensitive and I can make greater research results!"

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Wang Hong led the priority to do surgery for Yamaguchi Mabu, and the operation was very successful, Wang Hong couldn't wait to connect the communication device with the "eggshell" of "Yamaguchi Mabu".

"Mr. Yamaguchi" Wang Hong called into the microphone connected to the signal translator on the "eggshell".

After a long silence in tension, the camera connected to the "eggshell" turned several times, the focus was aimed at the "eggshell", and the signal from the "eggshell" appeared on the display: "Is this my body now?" What a high-tech look. ”

Wang Hong couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Yamaguchi, how do you feel?" ”

"My feeling, yes, if I had more external sensors, I think I would feel better."

Wang Hong slowly nodded: "These sensors will be tested for you one by one next, now I am a little curious, so, now, who are you?" ”

"Who am I? Oh, I wonder if Mr. Wang knows the speculation of the 'Ship of Theseus'? ”

"The ship of Theseus?" Wang Hong frowned and muttered softly.

The man next to him explained: "A big ship called the 'Ship of Theseus' will never sink, because the craftsman will always replace its decayed parts with new ones, until much later, all the parts have been replaced, so is this ship still the original 'Ship of Theseus'?" If not, when did it not? Above!"

Wang Hong nodded: "Most of your body has left you, and the only remaining part is also wrapped in an 'eggshell' that can never be separated, so are you still a 'mountain pass horse step'?" ”

"Oh, hehe, Mr. Wang" Chinese characters appeared on the display: "Of course I am 'Yamaguchi Mabu', and I want to use this new body to do better scientific research." ”

"Yamaguchi Mabu" seemed very excited, Wang Hong got the answer, and prepared to leave to prepare for the next other people's surgery: "If there is any need, just tell me." ”

“OK。”