Chapter 33: Xiaobai's mother
"Ma'am, may you let us come and visit?"
Even though the door was not locked, Artist did not rush to push it open, but knocked lightly first.
"Roaring ......"
A moment later, the inhuman roar came from behind the door, sounding less like a beast and more like the low whistling of the wind as it passed through the hole.
Atiste took this as an answer, and gently pushed the door open, allowing outside light to enter the dimly lit room.
The dust from the opening of the door drifted into the air, and the light illuminated it gray.
Then there was a smell of decay, and it smelled like an old wooden house that had not been inhabited for more than ten years.
There is no light leakage except for the door, and the front door is facing the innermost part, which looks like there is only a bed lying horizontally.
"It's ...... What is it......? ”
Lu Yuansheng stood at the door, looking at the "things" on the bed, and his heart was horrified.
It seemed to be a human form, but it was only in human form.
Withered vines protruded from between the bodies, crawling all over the room, even digging deep into the concrete floor. And that body seems to have long been connected with the bed, like the roots of an old tree, all kinds of thick and thin branches are intertwined, in short, there is no part that can be called flesh.
But it moved, and it moved its head...... If that's really the head.
The somewhat spherical object at the head of the bed turned slightly to their side, its face like dead bark, and the upturned fibers of dead wood on it looked like they could be easily removed.
However, the most terrifying thing was the three pitch-black hollows, corresponding to the human eyes and the wide open mouth, and in one eye, there was a broken branch of dead wood sticking out of it.
If you are an ordinary person, you are afraid that you will be scared and run away or pass out.
Lu Yuansheng looked at this face, and couldn't help but think of a famous painting "Scream", but this is a terrifying face carved from the bark of rotten wood.
【Dangerous Objects】
[Level 5 genetically contaminated organisms - No. 03]
[Unclassifiable lifeforms, please keep the surrounding environment dark and dry, and be aware of the possibility of being parasitized.] 】
The alarm in front of you lit up again, but it seemed much briefer.
He boasted that he had seen countless things that seemed incredible to ordinary people, but in the face of this scene full of decay and ruin.
"Madame, your daughter has been safely sent out, and this is the one who has adopted her temporarily."
Atiste's voice came from the amplification equipment of the hazmat suit, and he also explained to Lu Yuansheng through a neural connection:
"Surprised? It's not just you, but even the first time I saw it, I was shocked in my heart. ”
"She has fallen into irreversible vegetation, and now all she can do is block out the light and necessary water, plus some medication, so that the growth of the plant part of her body is further slowed down, so as to prolong her life a little."
"Roaring ......"
That gloomy roar rang out from the largest pitch-black hole in his mouth.
This time, Lu Yuansheng could see that the vegetative body seemed to have some ups and downs, bringing up a stream of air, and then exhaling through the gaping hole in the mouth, thus forming this uncomfortable sound.
But no one understands what the other person is trying to say.
"Ma'am, allow us to take the liberty of it."
Atiste hugged himself slightly apologetically, then walked to the corner at the end of the bed, and turned on a small light source that came with the biochemical suit, illuminating a patch of vines and what they were connected to.
"Want to know how that stupid girl was born?"
Lu Yuansheng looked at his light, and felt that there were seven or eight gourds on the ground, unlike other withered branches, they looked fresh yellow-green, and the largest was dozens of centimeters.
But as long as you put the light source closer, you can see that under the outer wall that can transmit light, there is a clear human figure.
In particular, the largest gourd, the outer wall is like a thin afterbirth, wrapping a small baby. The upper belly of the gourd wraps around the baby's head, and rattan sticks are inserted from the top of the head to provide the necessary nutrients. The hands and feet of the baby's body are curled up and encircled, forming the lower belly of the gourd.
【Dangerous Objects】
[Level 5 genetically contaminated organisms - No. 87]
[Low target risk]
【Dangerous Objects】
[Level 5 genetically contaminated organisms - No. 87]
[Low target risk]
【Dangerous Objects】
[Level 5 genetically contaminated organisms - No. 87]
[Low target risk]
……
The eyes were cast on each gourd, and the alarm prompts that popped up all showed the same number, which was also the number on Xiaobai's clothes.
"Yes, they could all be that girl."
Atiste looked sideways at Lu Yuansheng, and transmitted the message again through his nerves: "I estimate that another one is about to be born, anyway, the one you took away won't live long, do you plan to adopt another one?" ”
"Don't just describe her."
Lu Yuansheng wanted to look back coldly, but unfortunately the filter helmet blocked the line of sight between the two.
Under the helmet, Artiste smiled and replied unceremoniously with some sarcasm: "Do you want to say that she is a person?" Since she is human, can her mother still be called a human? What about the other test subjects out there? Are they human, too? ”
"If you're trying to provoke me, you're miscalculated. The definition of human beings will not be so narrow, and it is up to them whether they can be human or not. ”
As they argued in their minds, a still green rattan trembled, interrupting their communication of consciousness.
Both of them stopped, staring consciously at the rattan on the ground.
The rattan crouched on the ground, looking powerless, and its outermost head slowly swiped on the ground, leaving tight marks.
The ground was covered with dust, and apart from the footprints of the two of them, there were only many messy footprints that were estimated to be left by Xiaobai.
I saw three words written crookedly on the rattan.
"Kill"
"Up"
"Me"
The font is sloppy, and there is some overlap between the strokes, but the meaning it wants to convey is very obvious.
"Oh, it seems that your plan to adopt another Eighty-Seven, Mr. Judge, is about to fall through, what are you going to do in the face of such a request?"
"By the way, I'm not going to kill her, I'm going to be ready to save all the subjects."
Atiste looked at Lu Yuansheng with interest, a little expecting his answer.
Lu Yuansheng was a little stunned, he looked at the strange figure in front of him and was a little overwhelmed.
He understands very well that the growth of plants to such a point is completely irreversible. As Dr. Sun said, there may not be any kind of biotechnology in the world that can achieve the transformation of human and plant cells.
He also understands that this strange inhuman state will only be a painful torture for anyone, and No. 03 in front of him doesn't know how long he has endured this torture.
Every day, I can only survive in the dark room, I can't see a trace of light, my body is extremely stiff, and I can even feel my body decaying and stinking little by little.
Perhaps the only spiritual sustenance is the "87th" that continues to be conceived.
He noticed that there was a small clearing between the miscellaneous branches on the bed, on which was a small red blanket, which looked relatively clean and not dusty like the rest of the world.
Size...... It's about a little smaller than Xiaobai's.
"Is that where Xiaobai usually rests?"
He thought to himself, eighty percent too, after all, in this room, except for this bed and a table without chairs, plus a few empty jars, there is no other furniture.
"How long?"
"Huh?"
"I said how long has she been in this state?"
"It's been more than ten years."
Artist looked at this picture with some embarrassment.
"Isn't it saved?"
Knowingly asked a question, but Lu Yuansheng still hoped to hear some different answers.
But Artist just smiled, took out a dagger that was hidden at some unknown point from his clothes, and handed it to Lu Yuansheng.
"Eighty-seven is the result of their experiments. However, this lady is too late. ”
Lu Yuansheng did not take the dagger.
It's not that he didn't want to give No. 03 a relief, but he really couldn't do it.
"With a single stroke through her trachea, her last vital signs will be zeroed, and she will be in a peaceful rest, no longer having to endure this painful ordeal."
Atyste's diabolical inducing voice is transmitted to Lu Yuansheng through neural channels.
Yes, she will be laid to rest, but she will not only die, but she will also carry seven or eight unborn "eighty-sevens" with her.
"What about the other Eighty-Seven?"
"You will also lose nutrients and die, I suggest you don't think about saving them together, because you don't have that ability." There was a burst of laughter from Artiste, "This lady's children could not have survived in the first place. The researchers here paid a lot of money to keep Eighty-Seven alive in a special way. ”
In this way, part of the skull with biosuppressants added to the back of the white head.
"Do you have any other wishes?"
Lu Yuansheng made a sound towards the bed.
The vine slowly swiped and another word was written.
"Dead"
"Tut-tut, I'm really bent on death."
Artiste shook his head.
"If you can't do it, then let's just leave, anyway, after tonight, someone will come to kill her."
Seeing that Lu Yuansheng really didn't move, he withdrew the knife in disappointment and wanted to walk out of the door.
But as soon as he came to the door, he stopped, turned inside and said helplessly, "It's not good to go." ”
It turned out that within five minutes of their entry, a group of uniformly dressed test subjects were gathered outside, and their expressions were obviously a little unkind.