Chapter 23 The Price I

Most of Sylvanas's memories were restored, but a small half was still missing, and when he attacked, the intruder spared no effort, and his brain was also damaged. Although the brain has been repaired after regaining the core, memory loss is inevitable.

The process of taking over the base by the Xenobiotics was so swift that the base was not greatly damaged. Without any maintenance, the underground nuclear power plant has been running safely for nearly 100 years, and it looks like it will continue to operate. The emergency lights in the base also show the reliability of military quality all the time.

Su knew a superficial economic common sense, and knew that the reliability and quality of this kind of process dù meant several times or even dozens of times the cost, which showed the scale of investment in the Ice Throne project. Cornell didn't lie about at least one thing, the Ice Throne was certainly one of the most central projects of the pre-war Federation.

Decades have passed, and there is not much of value left in the research base. All the precious biological materials have expired or been used as xenobiotics and xenobiotic beasts, and various radioactive rare elements have also been consumed. Somewhat surprisingly, after finding the main control computer of the research base, Sue found that it was still up and running. Although some of the hardware used to store the data was damaged due to time constraints, there is still a lot of valuable information that has survived.

However, Su helplessly found that he had no way to take this main control computer. He and Medirri are powerful on the individual, but almost an idiot when it comes to electronic information. Sylvanas had been preparing to become a cage of the Dark Heart since she was ten years old, and she didn't have any chance to learn about computers. In the end, Su only brought up a little bit of the research log with the lowest secret level from the main control computer, and he had a little more understanding of the base's past.

Most of the research journals were recorded by Corneill's assistants, and a few were written by Corneille himself. As the least classified log, it mostly functions as a memo. But between the few lines of each diary, Su still saw a thrilling and magnificent picture.

Massive quantities of supplies arrive at the base every two weeks, and all kinds of precious research specimens include almost one of the rare species on the planet, and even some genetic fragments of prehistoric creatures. The number of full-fledged researchers at the base has been increasing, from more than 30 at the beginning, to more than 100 a year later, and finally to more than 500. Research assistants are three times as many. The number of maintenance, engineering, construction and administrative personnel in the underground base is also close to 1,000.

All researchers' families have been relocated and live in the city on the site, and are not allowed to leave. Massive government subsidies have caused prices to fall in the region, while researchers are paid three times as much as their peers. For the dozen or so research directors in the core position, the strictest protective measures will be taken, and at the same time, their requirements will be met, including unreasonable, illegal, and even anti-ethical, anti-human, anti-moral.

As the scale of the base expands, the amount of material sent into the base is also increasing rapidly. The so-called real yàn materials also include human beings of different ages of various races. After a year, the consumption of this kind of 'real yàn material' will reach hundreds of people every month!

The research journal does not mention the specific content of the real yàn made on the 'real yàn material', but the real yàn number is not taboo. Judging from the incomplete numbering alone, there are more than 3,000 kinds of real things that have been made on the 'material'. Among them, all kinds of cruel ** real yàn are indispensable. From the perspective of the turbulent times, these realities are nothing at all, and even because of the need to cultivate the 'material' to the best state and ensure adequate rest and nutrition, it can simply be called benevolence. But in the old days, it was a massive anti-humanity and a human rights-oriented federation. If exposed, the current government could resign, and the president could lose his immunity and face trial in federal court.

From Sylvanas, it is known that most of these organisms are performed without anesthesia, and many are for the purpose of testing the limits of human beings. One can imagine the pain in the process. Sylvanas herself has experienced many similar realities, most of them to strengthen the body, and a small half to test the strength of the cage. After all, once the Heart of Darkness is implanted in the human body, it may awaken at any time. At that time, the carrier will face pain that is close to the limit of human suffering, and without a firm will, it will only be completely controlled by the heart of darkness, thus becoming the prototype of the devil that human beings cannot control.

Even at such a great political risk, the Ice Throne Project was still being carried out, and judging by the logs, the funding for the project continued to expand. Even if the old Confederation was one of the world's largest economies, the budget implications of a massive program of this magnitude would be almost impossible to hide. However, for a whole decade, the advancement of the Ice Throne has always been smooth, and the scale of the plan is more than ten times that of the original plan, which shows that the high-level and various political forces of the Federation have reached a high degree of agreement on this project.

In a democratic society, such political unanimity is almost impossible unless it is a time of war. There are some people in any political force who are obsessed with opposition. That is, no matter what their opponents do, right or not, as long as they do it, they oppose it. Even if the ruling party does nothing, they still have to oppose it. It is impossible for these people to come up with any solution after they oppose the policy, but this still does not prevent them from taking a position against it.

The research log partially reveals the reasons for the smooth implementation of the plan. The thousands of practical products implemented on the 'material' have resulted in numerous by-products, including dozens of specific drugs for chronic diseases and complete treatment options for several types of cancer. This is only second, after referring to the genes and biological structure of the Dark Heart, after a lot of experiments, in the second year, Dr. Rochester developed -215, a new era of drugs -215 through the optimization of the gene level to achieve the effect of treating diseases and improving physical fitness, originally used to open up various superpowers hidden in human beings, but it has a decisive side effect, that is, it can prolong human life. Even a dying person will have a 3-5 year life extension after being injected with -215. The length of time it takes to prolong depends on the rate at which the gene disintegrates.

The life-prolonging -215 has given decisive support to the Ice Throne system project. Since it is possible to extend the life of 3 years, then with the production and perfection of a new generation of drugs in the system, who can say that the life span will not be extended by 10, 20 or even 50 years and 100 years? From East to West, prolonging life is the most effective temptation for humanity, especially for those in power at the top of the pyramid. As for those who are accustomed to opposition, most of them do not have access to this level of secrets, and the few who have access to them have chosen to keep their mouths shut. A qiē is a political zhì, and opposition is also for the sake of interests. The kind of fool who really opposes Yiqiē is simply not possible to climb up in any social system.

As can be seen from the Ice Throne project, Dr. Rochester is not only a scientific genius, but also a brilliant politician.

Su quickly finished browsing the log, and inadvertently clicked on a new article. This document was originally classified as top secret, but the hardware security system of the main control computer has had many failures over the years, so the protection of this text has been missed. In the text is a series of photographs, all of which are the most important objects of study. In the first half of the series, the actual yàn body is repeatedly dissected, implanted, cultivated, and re-dissected, until it is completely dismembered. Later, the more and more complex the process that the real yàn body went through. This means the maturity of the real yàn technology.

In the final part of the series, Sylvanas and Ansuna appear. Judging by the photos, it is already a proven technology applied to them. In the last two photos, there are young boys and girls with ** bodies, their bodies are dissected in the center, and most of the internal organs have been removed, and it can be seen that there are many tissues and organs that do not belong to humans growing in the chest and abdominal cavity. And their faces are expressions, indicating that Sylvanas and Ansuna were still conscious when they took pictures!

Sue suddenly remembered something, so she asked, "Kaunier is your father and Ansuna?" ”

“…… Yes. At the hearing of Cornier's name, Sylvanas' face once again showed a look of struggle and anger.

Looking at those two photos again, Su couldn't help but be a little speechless. He thought about it for a moment and clicked delete on the screen.

When he stepped on the ground again, Su couldn't help but take a deep breath, and his mood suddenly opened up.

The underground tour of the research base has finally come to an end, and I have discovered a lot of secrets about the Ice Throne, and I have also learned a lot of pre-war historical truths. As Sue's footprints began to spread across the continent, a name that has left one of the strongest marks in the entire history of mankind, Rochester, began to appear more and more frequently. Sue didn't know exactly how much Rochester had to do with herself, but what was certain was that every time she heard the name now, Sue had a faint throbbing.

With the Heart of Darkness and the Core in hand, and Sylvanas the Trembling with you, the trip has been rewarding. After merging the core, Medirri's ability to control her energy has been greatly improved, and her potential limit has been further increased, and the speed at which she can gain evolution points in the combat domain has been doubled. The increase in other skill areas is much smaller. After the third metamorphosis, Medirri has been putting all the evolution points into the combat domain, perhaps it is really related to the core.

After fusing the core, Medirri found that her genes were indeed congenitally defective, and the core just filled some of the gaps, and they complemented each other perfectly! From the remaining blank parts, the core completes about 14.4 genetic defects, or one-seventh. When it comes to genetic completion, Medirli doesn't really care. Even without a core, in time, she will become a Spider Empress and Beblatz, no matter how powerful she is, it seems that there is no more meaning. So she was very unhappy, and she didn't hide her feelings.

That's because, she vaguely guessed what the price Sue had paid to get the Heart and Core of Darkness.