Chapter 45: Coke Fans
After trying a few more brains, more strange guys were eliminated, and those who stayed were some guys with real talents.
"Hello, what did you do before?" Andy asked, a little dry-mouthed.
"I was a researcher, and my last research topic was the new plague virus... At the same time, I also have some understanding of codE technology. This brain gave a very satisfying answer in an astonishing way.
"At that time, I had a serious leg injury and it was difficult for me to continue to move around freely, so I had this surgery." This one is already the most normal at the moment.
"I remember I had some problems... I seem to have been sent to test whether some important scenarios worked. Dr. Goddard perked up and immediately began to ask.
"What were you researching at the time? Tell me this! "The brain suddenly made a request.
"I'm familiar with viruses, and you may be able to take away some of your knowledge that you don't know, but before that I have some preconditions, and that is... Help me fulfill my heart's desire. Dr. Goddard and Andy stopped to look at each other, then looked at the brain in front of them through the monitor.
"What do you need?" Andy leaned directly on the glass and looked at the brain, and the electronic vocal device controlled by the other party's brainwaves answered with the voice of the robot.
"I need to satisfy some cravings, even though I don't have a stomach or intestines at all... I don't even have a tongue or esophagus, but I remember when I was born... Those delicious memories are something I still want to relive to this day, and yes, I need it even when I am the way I am. "The brain makes unexpected decisions.
"That doesn't seem to hold very well." Dr. Goddard said coldly.
"Even if we get the food you want, how are we going to give it to you? .... No, you don't have the ability to eat right now, do you want us to stuff food into the biogel that soaked you and soak it with your brain? You're kidding? Andy was comical as he heard Dr. Goddard say this, and it must have been ridiculous to imagine that this brain was soaked in a pale yellow gel with some roast meat and bread.
The brain seems to anticipate this reaction and refutes it unhurriedly.
"You're wrong... In fact, all human feelings about food are essentially self-deceptive illusions, and the taste you get from tasting food does not come from the food, but from your tongue, your receptors.... Your body needs the delicious things that your brain feels are good for your body, and the things that are harmful to your body feel disgusting, painful, and unbearable. ”
"As a result, the food itself has no taste at all, and some only have hallucinations formed by contact with them.... This causes what you find difficult to swallow to be a delicacy in the mouths of other species..."
"So, even though I don't have a digestive organ, my ability to feel is still there, I still have the opportunity to taste something, there is something.... My favorite for a long time, the scent was incomparably and pungent, it was the most beautiful thing in the world, and it didn't require a second effort with my teeth and tongue, and I still had the ability to enjoy it even if I was the way I am..."Dr. Goddard's eyes had changed, and he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"So what? What exactly do you want to eat? The brain was silent, for he suddenly found himself forgetting what it was called, and even what it looked like.
Things are at an impasse, and as Dr. Goddard goes back and forth with his brain, a bored Andy sits down near the lab bench, which is not small, with some strange metal shelves and various instruments on it, and a small glass cabinet nearby with some creepy things.... That appears to be a slice of some biological tissue.
Andy shuddered at the yellowish and greenish stuff soaked in preservatives, but just then he suddenly noticed something in the corner of the cabinet... Reaching out and opening the cabinet, it was actually a glass bottle, in the shape of a rocket, with some brown liquid in it.... Andy took the bottle of Nuka Cola out of the cabinet, a little incredulous.
"What weird guy hides Coke in this kind of hellish place, can you still drink it?" He looked at the drink in front of him, this pre-war drink had an amazing aroma and tasted so good that it not only quenched thirst and moistened his throat, but was even often used by the wastelanders as an aid medicine, because the rich nutrients and sugar could indeed help the injured recover in the barren wasteland.
You may wonder why this thing has such a long shelf life, but it's quite simple, because when it was first made, it was mixed with radioactive material, causing it to have an almost infinite shelf life.
You need to be careful when drinking it, and if you already have symptoms of radiation sickness, it's best not to touch it again.
Andy shook it twice to make sure the Coke was still full, though I don't know if it was psychological, it seemed to have been tainted with the smell of those specimens.
"What exactly do you want?" Dr. Goddard had been arguing with Brain for five minutes about what it wanted to eat, which made him feel stupid, and that was his limit.
His large bald head became dazzling in the light, and the sweat and bruises on it were very obvious.
"I'll warn you one last time.... I don't know what you're trying to say, but in my opinion you're just going crazy. Don't think I can't do anything about you, the white flash device is now under my control, you brains in a jar... I can use codE technology to rewrite your thinking and emotions and entire logic with just a few fingertips, and you should understand how irreversible the impact and damage this technology can have on you. Dr. Goddard had lost his patience and watched as the brain gave an ultimatum.
"Don't force me to use that thing, I won't hesitate, I don't care about morality and ethics, and I don't care what others think of me." The brain shook slightly.
"I won't accept this threat, I'm more familiar with the codE facility of this facility than you, maybe I can't resist you using it to rewrite me now, but there are some things you need to know, codE technology interferes with the human brain very roughly, the probability of problems in this process is almost 100%, and the information you want will inevitably be lost.... And do you think I really don't have any countermeasures? I promise you won't get anything if you really dare to do that! Dr. Goddard sneered, his finger already on the console, and now that he had found such a precious resource, he couldn't stop there for such a comical reason.
"Maybe there will be some loss, but it won't be nothing, you ghost of the old world, it's better to get early..."
The electronic eye connected to the brain suddenly saw Andy and what was in his hand.
"Hey, wait, I remembered!" His electronic voice was tinged with emotion.
"It's Nuka-Cola! My favorite thing! God, I'll forget its name! Dr. Goddard stopped what he was doing and turned to look at Andy, who didn't know what was going on, still sipping Nuka-Cola.
"Where did you get this?" Dr. Goddard looked at Andy with an eyebrow, of course he knew what Nuka-Cola was, it was very expensive in New California, it was not only delicious and rare, but it also produced a fixed product that could be used as wasteland currency, and that was the Nuka-Cola bottle cap.
But Dr. Goddard had no interest in drinking beverages and no deeper understanding of Nuka-Cola.
"From the cupboard over there." Andy pointed behind him, then tilted his head and took another sip. Seeing this, the brain became even more excited.
"Hey! Don't drink it all, leave me some! ”