"What's the reaction from the GTC?" Dr. Taucher asked.

"There is no official statement at this time. The fourth nurse replied, "It is strange to remain silent, and it seems that there is considerable fear of this party, or organization, called the Red Owls." ”

"What do you think of IPU headquarters?" the doctor took off his glasses and wiped them.

"The voices of the radicals and the pacifists are not in agreement, and some see this as an opportunity to formally declare war on the GTC, although the political platform of the Red Owl Alliance is not yet clear, but it can undoubtedly shake the dominance of the GTC in third world countries. The pacifists believe they can work with the party to help them win the election, in exchange for de-GTC, to cut off the feathers of quantum networks one by one. The male nurse said with a frown.

"Alright, that's it. Politics is not something we should worry about, as long as the black olive branch survives in the cracks, it is enough. Dr. Tauchet put on his glasses and ended the conversation, "Carry Miss Panthiel into the house, she needs a careful examination as well." ”

The two nurses walked up to Aziwei, trying to lift the woman's body together, "Ah!" both of them suddenly let out an exclamation at the same time, letting go of their hands and taking a few steps back, staring at their wrists suspiciously.

"What's wrong?" Dr. Taucher asked.

"There's something...... Stung my hand. A nurse shook her hand, "I didn't see the wound, maybe it's an illusion." They approached the rainforest flower again, and as soon as their fingers touched the woman's skin, the pinprick sensation came again, "Oops!" The two men jumped away like an electric shock, clutching their wrists in pain.

"Hmm...... It's these platinum wires that do it. Dr. Taucher said thoughtfully, "Try it with gloves on." Wear insulated gloves. ”

A nurse put on gloves and approached cautiously, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, she screamed, "Ahhhhh......h It wasn't like an electric shock, it felt like being stabbed by something very sharp. ”

"Don't come near her, I've already filmed it, wait a minute. The doctor took out his tablet and began to play back the footage captured by the camera hidden in the black-rimmed glasses, the ultra-high-speed camera prepared for precision surgery recorded what had just happened at a rate of 8,000 frames per second, the fingers slowly stretched forward, and when there was still a 1 cm distance from Aziwei's skin, a phantom flashed across the screen quickly, and the finger muscles twitched visibly and began to slowly retract. Dr. Taucher looked back frame by frame and found that even a high-speed camera could not record the true image of the shadow, only two frames captured the shadow, in other words, in a brief moment of 250 microseconds, the attack penetrated the sturdy polymer rubber insulated glove, punctured the dermis, left a scar on the nerve endings, and then retreated.

"It's hair!" exclaimed the wounded nurse, "a hair!"

"Platinum electrodes implanted in the scalp to be exact. "Who's got the pistol?"

A nurse lifted her blue robe, pulled a Glock 19 pocket pistol from the holster under her armpit and handed it over, and the doctor pulled the bolt and aimed the muzzle at Aziwei's forehead.

"She is the senior client of the Black Olive Branch, the doctor. On the IPU's trust list, her rank ......," the nurse reminded.

The doctor said expressionlessly, "She's not going to die, if I'm not mistaken." ”

"Bang!" The sound of gunfire was very dull in the closed room, the brass bullet casing fell to the ground, the doctor lowered the muzzle of the gun, and looked at the woman on the bench: "That's right, notify the headquarters, this is a very special case of non-congenital mutation, someone has tested the means of inducing mutations on her, but I didn't expect that in addition to us, there are people doing research in this area." ”

The nine-millimeter bullet stopped a centimeter from its skin, wrapped in countless platinum electrodes and suspended in the air, and the Flower of the Rainforest was oblivious to all this, and her bloodstained, haggard face had a childlike serene look.

"Do you still need to examine her?" the nurse asked.

"She did not comprehend her own abilities, this spontaneous mutation is uncontrolled, and any action will be judged as a red flag when the subject is not conscious. "Don't come close," said Dr. Tauchet, "let her rest on her own, Miss Panthiel will be fine." In addition, according to what she said, connect Mr. Gu Tie in the life support cabin to the 'world' client. ”

A nurse hesitated: "Is it too unsafe to log on to the quantum network here......?"

The doctor turned around and walked to the guest room, "The data package of the 'world' is independent of the Genesis network, Mr. Gu Tie is a very cautious person, since he dares to implant a chip, he must have done everything he can, do as I say." After connecting it, pay attention to the vital signs, I have activated the automatic emergency plan of the life support pod, you can deal with it yourself below the yellow level, if you come to wake me up again when the red level is reached, I need to take a break. ”

"Yes, doctor. Looking at Dr. Tao Xie, who was staggering away, the four male nurses bowed in unison.

At this time, the man lying in the glass cover had just come and gone back and forth from the ghost door. As consciousness gradually recovered, the pain signals from various nerves converged into a torrent that hit the central nervous system, and the faint consciousness faltered on the edge of nervous shock. When he was half-unconscious and half-awake, it was like a dream, and it was like a memory that was repeated in front of him, Gu Tie remembered a scene similar to this many years ago, unable to move, in pain, and hopeless. Due to the distraction of the pain, the image in front of me is filled with noise and distorted like an old-fashioned videotape.

"What are you thinking?" Gu Tie, who was lying in the surgical intensive care unit of the 301 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army in Beijing, asked Xiao Liping, who was standing in front of the window.

"Something that has nothing to do with you. Xiao Liping didn't look back, looking down at a golden ginkgo tree in the hospital compound.

"Say something, it's so boring to lie here, I can't play games, the TV is not very good, the few American dramas I chased have not been updated, and even "Detective Conan" is completely over!" Gu Tie complained, "If only I could call a few girls, even if I can't move my hands and feet, it's good to smell the smell...... Lying down too long will make me shrink locally!"

"Shut up. Xiao Liping turned around and said coldly, "All this is what you brought on yourself, the first time you played the power parafoil, you flew down from the most difficult tiger jumping cliff, and you didn't let the coach follow, you really didn't open your eyes if you didn't fall to death!"

Gu Tie was stunned by him, and said with a smile: "Didn't you fly very well in the first twenty minutes, if it weren't for that crooked thief wind, you wouldn't have fallen into the ravine of Badaling......" His whole body was wrapped in bandages and tied like a mummy, his arms and legs were in plasters, and the doctor strictly forbade him to do all recreational activities, because a little strenuous movement would dislocate the broken ribs.

"Too lazy to talk to you. Xiao Liping turned out the window and ignored him.

Gu Tie was quiet for a while, and began to hum and chirp: "It hurts...... The effect of the painkiller is almost there, Lao Xiao Lao Xiao, help me turn on the drip switch, just one dose is enough......"

"No, you took a large dose of vicodin (acetaminophen and hydrocodone, addictive painkillers) by mouth in the morning, and your doctor forbade you to use morphine-based painkillers unless the pain caused shock. Your constitution is not sensitive to painkillers, and if the effect has passed...... I can only hold on. Xiao Li Ping said.

"Ahh......h His teeth began to rattle, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he was obviously suffering from severe pain, his body wrapped in fixed bandages straightened again and again, and his pupils dilated and narrowed again and again.

Xiao Liping let out a long sigh. "The pancreas, gall bladder, liver, and duodenum are all damaged, and I know that this pain is very difficult, Gu Tie. But in a way, that's what you're looking for......" He walked to the window, sat down, and gently placed his hand on Gu Tie's plaster arm.

Gu Tie's mind had been snatched away by pain at this time, and he couldn't hear what his partner was saying at all. Xiao Liping said to himself: "Since the moment the program you wrote completely failed, I knew that you had suicidal thoughts. Your attempt to find out the information of your biological father and find out the truth hidden behind the world is a hundred times more difficult than you imagined, and the frustration makes you lose the will to survive. Although you still look like you don't care about anything in front of others, but in your heart, you have given up early, and I can fully understand that dark, desperate, and rotten emotion, which will shackle you and sink you into the bottomless abyss. ”

He paused, then said, "There's nothing wrong with your paramotor, you're more skilled than a flight instructor, you're just trying to find the best way to get out." It looks like a glamorous man, but in fact, you're a complete coward, a fool, and a bastard. We had an argument about suicide, and you said that suicide is the bravest person because it is harder to end one's own life than to end someone else's life, and I said that Catholicism will not admit that the soul of a suicide goes to heaven, because suicide is the worst sin, the act of a truly stupid lamb. ”

"You can't die. Xiao Li said lightly, "Because you still have an unfinished mission." I promise you to build that little organization of betrayers and work for an unbounded ideal. Even though it is contrary to the path I have walked......"

"Life is not precious. The vast majority of life is filthy, with sins that cannot be washed away. He said, "Even if they die in front of my eyes now, I won't shed a single tear." ”

"That's it. He said, "I'm talking too much today." ”

Xiao Liping stood up and turned on the switch of morphine painkillers, Gu Tie's body immediately relaxed, a relaxed expression appeared on his face, his breathing was calm, and he fell into a deep sleep.

"Tomorrow everything will be different. ”

Xiao Liping took off his tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses and left the ward without looking back.

What he didn't know was that Gu Tie heard all this.