Wu Mian's words were quickly denied by Nan Ci: "You have a mechanical spine on your body, you are a synthetic person who has been excluded from mainstream society, how can you become a detective, and how can you live in the city?" ”

"I don't know, my memory is missing!"

Wu Mian's mind flashed through multiple fragments again.

Neon, rain and fog, skyscrapers, dark alleys, killers, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, layers of old signs and posters.

Scattered fragments pieced together a piece of information in Wu Mian's mind: "Before I had an accident, I should have been investigating the Jinma Group, and I went to the backyard of this company!" ”

"Golden Horse Technology?" Nan Ci's eyes flashed with a trace of emotion that was difficult to grasp: "What are you investigating?" ”

"I can't remember!" Wu Mian struggled to recall what had happened before: "Synth! They caught a lot of synths and seemed to be going to do a synthesis experiment...... I only have so many memories! ”

After listening to Wu Mian's words, the corners of Nanci's eyes twitched twice: "Are you sure you saw those people who were arrested, who are they?" Male or female? How old is it? How many are there? ”

"I don't know, my memory is confused."

Wu Mian felt that his thinking was like a mess: "My memories are all scattered fragments, and I can't even remember what I was doing at the time, but I am definitely not from the Golden Horse Group, I remember the picture of myself wearing mercenary clothes, I was trying to hide my identity!" ”

After listening to Wu Mian's words, Nan Ci turned around and left without hesitation.

Wu Mian caught a glimpse of Nan Ci disappearing into the doorway, retracted his gaze and stared at the tattered ceiling and the starry sky outside, and muttered, "I...... What happened? ”

……

After Nan Ci left Wu Mian's room, he quickly walked to the other side of the garbage dump, pushed the door and entered a shack.

The white-haired old man standing in front of the console, with a pair of mechanical legs and glasses, is called Uncle Min.

Before the synths were purged, he was a world-renowned inventor of mechanical limbs, and now he is a wanted man for the Coalition Government.

After Nan Ci entered the door, he looked at Uncle Min's back and said, "Uncle Min, I have something to talk to you about!" ”

"Don't make a noise!"

Uncle Min interrupted Nanci and stared intently at the mechanical arm on the table that was pieced together from scrap parts.

As he joined the two wires together, the bare clockwork and gears of the mechanical arm moved slowly, and the palms of his hands began to make some simple movements.

"Bang!"

Three seconds later, a puff of black smoke emitted from the robotic arm, which then turned into scrap metal and smashed onto the table.

Uncle Min sighed, his eyes full of disappointment: "It's too difficult to build a robotic arm from scrap, and this kind of low-end chips and parts really can't work." ”

"Uncle Min! I need your help with something! Nan Ci had no intention of discussing his scientific research results with Uncle Min, and said quickly: "Erniu, they rescued a person from the garbage heap, and his mechanical spine was dug out, you must help me save him!" ”

"Can you live without a spine?" Uncle Min turned to look at Nanci and lifted his glasses: "Who is it?" ”

Nanci shook his head: "I don't know!" He claims to be a detective and is investigating the disappearance of synths, and says he has seen the kidnappers, and I suspect my brother is in there! ”

"How can you let me save it?" Uncle Min picked up the pipe on the table and lit it: "You can also see the environment here, I can't even assemble the simplest robotic arm, and the mechanical spine needs a lot of neuron interfaces, I can't take the mud out, right?" ”

"I know you have a way!" Nan Ci looked at Uncle Min seriously: "This favor, you have to help me, otherwise, I will hand you over to the police of the coalition government!" You know how much they want to catch you, right? ”

"You're crazy! This kind of thing can't be said as a joke! Uncle Min looked at Nanci with wide eyes, patted his mechanical leg and said, "Aren't you rebel organizations providing shelter for synths?" You see, I'm a synth too! ”

Nan Ci stood in place, his face unprecedentedly serious: "Our protection is only for the weak!" But you're not weak! ”

"Crazy! People in this world are crazy! It doesn't matter if it's a natural person or a synthetic person! ”

Uncle Min seemed to be frightened by Nan Ci's unusual appearance, walked to the shelf next to him, and took out a dusty iron box underneath, and opened it to reveal the contents inside.

This box contains dense lines and white bones, including cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, and caudal vertebrae.

If you look closely, you'll see that the bones are all made of ceramic.

Uncle Min saw Nanci looking at the contents of the box, and explained: "This set of ceramic spine is what I prepared for myself, you know, the human body has a lifespan, and there will always be all kinds of problems when you get old, now titanium alloy, graphene and carbon fiber, all of which are control materials, this set of ceramic exoskeletons has not been tested, and the strength is more fragile than human bones, just a cheap alternative." ”

Nanci didn't care about any of this: "Can it be used?" ”

Uncle Min shrugged his shoulders: "There has never been a precedent in the world for making mechanical bones from ceramics, I dare not guarantee its reliability, which is why I have not replaced it for a long time, but this is also the only material we can use, I want to remind you that the spine involves too many nerves and blood vessels, and the fatality rate of this surgery is as high as seventy." ”

……

Five minutes later, Nan Ci walked into Wu Mian's room with Uncle Min, and took the lead in walking to Wu Mian's side and turning him over.

Wu Mian's gaze rotated, and his neck was softly tilted to the side: "What are you going to do!" ”

Uncle Min ignored Wu Mian's shouting, walked to the side of the bed and saw a gap in his back, and the corners of his mouth twitched for a long time, as if he had seen something terrible: "Impossible!" When pigs fly! How is this possible? ”

Nan Ci frowned: "What's wrong?" ”

"His bones are all independent, and the blood vessels have been modified to become a completely closed circulatory system, and even each rib has its own neuronal interface.

In other words, his spine will not affect his body at all, except for the supporting effect, and the most important thing is that an additional layer of skin growing in the body is implanted on both sides of his spine to prevent germs from invading the body and infecting the internal organs!

This is out of the realm of synths! It's kind of unknown! New technology! ”

Uncle Min was short of breath: "How is this possible!" In this world, how can there be such technology! Theoretically, it simply doesn't make sense! ”

Nan Ci found out that the gap in Wu Mian's back did not have blood flowing out, and he couldn't even see the muscles and internal organs inside, but was covered by another layer of skin, and the ends of the 24 ribs were exposed in these skins, which were covered with VGA interfaces common to electronic products.

Nan Ci had seen many synths, but it was the first time she had seen an electronic interface on a human bone, and she asked Uncle Min, "Can your spine be used on him?" ”

Uncle Min, an old pedant, saw Wu Mian's body, like a vulture attracted by carrion, called Nan Ci aside, and whispered with his eyes shining: "Interesting! It's so much fun! His anatomy is strange! Instead of saving him, let me dissect him! It would make more sense! ”

Nan Ci frowned and looked at Uncle Min: "We are not crazy people who unite the government and oligarchic enterprises, and we will not conduct human experiments!" You have no choice but to save people! I can separate the autopsy from the surgery, if you have any crooked thoughts, I promise to let you be buried with him! ”

"It's really boring to talk to you guys who don't understand science." Uncle Min's interest was reduced by half: "You go to my room and bring me that white box, I'm going to get ready for surgery." ”

After Nan Ci delivered the things that Uncle Min needed, he went outside to wait.

The stars and moon dispersed, and the light of the morning sun splashed the earth.

Nanci, who had been standing outside the door all night, heard footsteps behind him, turned to Uncle Min and asked, "How is it, the operation is going well......

Nan Ci's words only stopped abruptly halfway, because behind Uncle Min, Wu Mian had already followed him out of the room.