Chief Snake was very efficient, and ten minutes after the photo was sent, he was able to find out the homeless man's identity.

The homeless man's name is Samuen, which is a fairly common name in the seventeenth arrondissement.

A bachelor, with no relatives or friends, his social circle before his disappearance was limited to a few homeless people in the East Side who were about the same as him, and even if he disappeared, he didn't have much to look for everywhere.

A few months earlier, a homeless friend of Samuen's had come to the law enforcement department to report his disappearance — and that was all the department's record of Samuen, which was basically recorded from the homeless man's confession.

However, after receiving the report, they did not send any personnel to find his whereabouts.

The 17th arrondissement is the homeless, the unemployed, who roam the streets all day long, making up the majority of the missing people each month, and in the vast majority of cases, these disappeared people either hitchhike to the "outside world" or die in some gang fight, either of which is unlikely to be found.

Therefore, the department has always maintained a casual attitude towards the missing homeless.

They don't actively look for it, and if they find an unknown body in a corner of District 17 one day, it's probably one of these missing people.

Obviously, Samuen's fate was much more special than that of the other homeless people.

He wasn't caught up in a gang fight, but for some reason fell into the hands of the company, and was transplanted with an expensive military-grade prosthetic, but unfortunately he didn't tolerate the prosthesis well, and was driven crazy by the operating system in his head before he rewrote his fate and reached the pinnacle of his life.

After bringing Samuen back to the junkyard, the Big Three of science took a keen interest in him.

Cyber lunatics are very rare in District 17, especially if they are so completely insane like him.

Cybermaniacs are a nightmare for the general public, but for researchers, they are excellent research material.

In fact, both the coalition government and the neutral countries have set up a professional department to study cyber maniacs, in addition to studying various possible ways to cure them, they are also thinking about the possibility of human evolution in the future, because according to research, although cyber maniacs are not very normal in their brains, they are much more coordinated in the use of prosthetics than ordinary people.

That's why they're so hard to deal with.

Put two people with the same prosthesis into the gladiatorial arena, and the final winner must be a cyber maniac.

Aside from the coordination of the use of prosthetics, cybermaniacs do not have all the negative emotions of humans, they do not flinch, they tolerate pain to an alarming level, and as long as they are not unconscious, whether they are missing an arm or a broken leg, they will continue to attack.

Samuen was like that.

Even in the face of Song Lan, who had unloaded his two arms, there was no fear in his eyes.

Song Lan had no doubt that once he untied the strap on the homeless man's body, he would also have to use his head to create him without a thermal cutting blade.

"Yungang Biotechnology has also set up a research department for cyber maniacs, and they think that if they can find a way to control cyber maniacs, they will become super soldiers who can be mass-produced."

It's much easier to create a cybermaniac who has lost his mind than it is to raise a rescuer of the same level.

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Song Lan said, "This idea is somewhat similar to CTEA-32. ”

He discovers that the big corporations have different ideas about mechanical creation and genetic technology, and the ultimate goal is to create a group of soldiers who are absolutely subordinate to them.

"That's why genetic technology has replaced prosthetic research, and they're one of the smallest parts of the company, with a pitiful amount of money each year." "Genetic technology is much cheaper than prosthetics. ”

The purpose is the same, but the cost of genetic technology is too cheap.

While researching, the company should first consider the cost of the technology when it is widely promoted.

They can equip a couple of homeless people with military-grade prosthetics, but arming an army of cybermaniacs with prosthetics and operating systems is a completely different concept.

Song Lan, who is committed to the development of the garrison in the 17th District, deeply agrees with this.

"The current research on cybermaniacs is still in its infancy, and there is no complete cure for them, and some people believe that this symptom is the result of the prosthetic body and the brain fighting for control, and that indiscriminate killing can be seen as the instinctive behavior of the human brain after the military-grade operating system replaces it."

Medell continued, "Even if the disease can be controlled for a short time, it will almost 100% relapse in the future, unless the chip in the brain of the cyber maniac is removed, but in this case, the implant of the prosthetic body will most likely be useless. ”

The company was able to remove the cybermaniac prosthetics, but they never saw it as a cure, because they valued the cybermaniacs' high coherence, and they were like a pile of scrap metal without the operating system.

"However, the swarm will give them a new direction."

Song Lan's cold words made Maydell stunned, and after a little thought, she asked, "You mean, let the Devourer parasitize Samuen?" ”

This is a path that no one has ever practiced, as no one has ever been able to communicate effectively with the Devourer before.

Su Li undoubtedly provided them with a successful example.

After being parasitized, while being affected by the mother's thinking, he also left a very high sense of autonomy, and when most of the mother's children did not give orders, he would judge from Su Li's own consciousness, and this special individual is also a very special existence in the consciousness of the swarm.

Medell has always believed that Su Li as a sample has extremely high research value.

It's a pity that he has to return to the core area with the crew and continue his acting career.

"That's right."

Song Lan nodded, "Being controlled by the chip of the operating system is equivalent to losing the sense of self, for these people who are lost on the road of life, let the swarm guide them." ”

This is not the first time that Medell has suspected that Song Lan is some kind of mutant creature dressed in human skin.

As for what she said just now, she felt that her mother was communicating with her with consciousness.

In some ways, Song Lan's ideas are highly similar to those of the Devourer, and she feels that this may be a big reason why the two are so compatible—after experiencing the initial fear of Song Lan, the Devourer has now changed his attitude towards Song Lan.

Medell found that it seemed to see Song Lan as a role model to follow.

"It's almost time, let's get started."

Song Lan put the severed arm back beside Samuen and bent down to pick up the parasite that had been separated from the Devourer.

The moment he let go, the chubby worm burrowed along Samuen's severed arm, fusing with his flesh in a matter of seconds.

Immediately afterward, his severed arms began to grow, and the sprouts slowly extended to the arms on the stretcher, allowing them to return to themselves.

Regaining control of the prosthetic, Samuen easily slipped open the strap that bound him, his movements still swift as the wind, and he looked down at his restored arms, as if adjusting to his new body.

But this time, he didn't pounce on Song Lan, but slowly came to the two of them.

This was also the first time Song Lan had heard this homeless man speak.

The voice is low and hoarse.

- "Samuen, serve you." ”