I'm not a cyberpsycho

Li Pan tasted one, tasted it carefully on the tip of his tongue, thought about it, and thought about it for a while, and he was basically sure.

Qi

Breath of heaven, pure air

In Taoism, it is called Taoist breath, which is the breath of the great road. It is also the root pulse that drives the reincarnation of the world.

Therefore, in theory, even in a world like 0791, there is Taoist breath, but the breath is very, very weak, not the same order of magnitude as magic elves and so on. If the way of heaven does not change, even the son of heaven who meets once in a thousand years will not be able to do anything. Practice.

And even in Penglai, a serious world of immortals and demons, a paradise of caves, and spiritual practice with extremely abundant zhenqi, even if there are various magical skills and secret methods, due to the different qualifications, realms, and bones of the practitioners, they still have different abilities. There are physical limitations of the human body's own breathing function. There are limits to what breathing can be done by exhaling and refining, and the Tao breath that can be absorbed and refined, and the progress of cultivation varies greatly.

Therefore, Xuanmen has always been studying ways to collect, condense and purify Tao breath through artificial means to improve the efficiency of Qi refining. For example, making various magical instruments, formations, and talismans, and condensing the Dao breath from the gaseous state into an ultra-high-concentration liquid, which is the Dao breath essence.

Then dilute this Yuanjiu with different solvents to different concentrations and mix it with various herbs, wine, and meat. It is the so-called "Qiongjiang", "Yuye" and "Elixir Decoction".

And to go one step further, add heavenly materials and earthly treasures to this high-purity elixir, seal it under high pressure, simmer it slowly with civil and military fires, precipitate crystals, and solidify it. This is alchemy in the standard sense.

Li Pan himself tried it in the last time and space, and even gave the authentic Penglai elixir to his pets, but the effect was really not very good. The absorption efficiency of ordinary people is too low, the elixir cannot be stored for a long time, the conversion rate is low, and most of the Tao information has dissipated between heaven and earth.

But this thing that Sage Company came up with, ‘Yaochi No. 1’, is incredible.

With the professional knowledge provided by Li Qingyun, a master who has specialized in alchemy for 800 years, Li Pan was naturally able to tell that this was a mixed solution prepared by adding Daoxiyuan slurry to black oil and using protomolecule oil as a solvent.

But this alone is not enough. In the past, the priest also tried to use Xuanming Qi and black oil to make bullets, which may extend the storage time, but that kind of thing is definitely not absorbed by the human body.

Other ingredients are also added to enable the human body to absorb the true Qi medium...

Well, it should be spinal fluid.

To be more precise, it is the spinal fluid of practitioners who can withstand this purity of Tao breath essence. After all, according to the instruction manual, the normal method of use is to ‘inject it below the spine and deliver it to the lumbosacral canal near the nerve roots’. It is not meant to be chewed in your mouth.

What? Why can you taste it? Because he drank black oil. Oh, you’re not asking about this, but you’ve also drank that...

Ahem, okay, in fact, human body enhancement by replacing spinal fluid is also a common method of human body modification. Not only is it recorded in Moshan's method of transforming people, but it is also a commonly used enhancement method within Wuche Academy.

Kiryu Kazuya often injects the various messy demon blood demon cells he cultivated into the spinal cord of the demon-sealing ninja to promote the independent evolution of the human body. The rich rely on technology and the poor rely on mutation. Whether it can be achieved depends on your fate. . Everyone has an open mouth.

But where did the Sage Company capture a cultivator? And where did such a high concentration of Taoist essence essence come from? It can't be local to 0791...

"It's been a long wait, Ito-kun. Are you okay, sir?"

An old man in a white coat walked into the living room, interrupting Li Pan's contemplation. This man was Tamura, the director of the Pharmaceutical Institute, a professor at the University of Tokyo School of Medicine, an SEC-certified scientific researcher, and an in-depth participant in the Whisperer project.

"Thank you for your greetings. The director drank too much in Yoshiwara last night and took leave today to recuperate at home."

"Haha, this guy is still having so much fun at his age. I'm so envious. So, what's the point of the Eighth Office?"

Li Pan also smiled,

"Oh, it's not a big deal. There was a sudden announcement from above about a sudden fire inspection. There was probably an accident somewhere, so all our departments had to go through a process to fool the astronauts in the Star City Council.

I thought it had been a long time since I'd visited my uncle, and it was pointless to stay in the office all the time, so I took the liberty to come for a walk. You wouldn't chase me away, would you? "

"Haha, you are such an outsider. Let's find a club for a drink?"

"No, no, it won't be good if it delays your business. You are busy with your business.

But speaking of it, I have never visited a research institute of this level. If it is convenient, can you take me around for a while to see your laboratory? "

Professor Tamura didn't care, he flipped through his schedule.

"There are so many high-level people, it's just daily research and data analysis. Many times, doing experiments is like a lottery, just betting on luck.

There is no major surgery today, so come with me and put on MSPM. "

So the two put on bracelets, spread a millimeter-level synthetic polymer film on the body surface, and entered the laboratory after going through more than a dozen doors for dust removal and sterilization.

It has to be said that even in this remote laboratory, the entire set of equipment is very high-end, including advanced drones, automatic assembly lines, and the most advanced detector testers in the world.

All you need to do is find a few researchers from the University of Tokyo who work for free and are grateful for your support, and put on duty for twelve hours a day in thick level five biohazard protective suits, extract data, maintain equipment, and do something After basic inspection, the entire pharmaceutical factory can operate completely autonomously.

Of course, although the name is a pharmaceutical laboratory, it is actually more of a research center in Gaotianyuan. It is just a private introduction of advanced equipment from the heavens in order to cope with the restrictions of the advanced technology embargo treaty of the heavens. Money is spent on these things, and it would be a waste to leave them idle, so you can make some extra money by doing OEM work for other companies and synthesizing customized chemicals.

Gao Tianyuan trusted Professor Tamura because he was the kind of person who specialized in scientific research and didn't care about producing replicas of unpatented prescription drugs or profit-making health care products.

His main focus was still on the cooperative research with Tokyo University and the large number of projects arranged by Takamagahara's upper management.

The main topics are mitochondrial autonomous mutation and artificial hormone synthesis. In vernacular, it means analyzing and studying the demon genes collected by the demon-sealing ninjas, analyzing the legacy of the ancient legion elves, and using reverse technology to develop cosmic beings and artificial beings from all over the world. Reversely study the lost Legion technology, find the perfect means of transforming human genes, carry out Gao Tianyuan's unique human completion plan, and contribute to the implementation of the Demon King's rebirth project.

Well, gene reprofiling is also a popular project. These days, rich people still want to become gods more than developing the stars and the sea.

"So are there any successful test subjects now?"

"Don't you want to steal the division and report it to the security bureau? Haha, you're just kidding, come with me..."

After all, the Ito family is originally the Demon King, the Whisperer, and an in-depth participant in various projects of mikoshi. Then Li Pan caught his eye and winked at him. He said "Moshan Seduction Dafa". Don't complain about this name. After hooking him up, Professor Tamura did not doubt his presence and took Li Pan all the way into the secret underground research institute.

In fact, the research content is similar to Kiryu's. They are all illegal real-person experiments. However, they do not rely on the metaphysics of demons or aliens, but more on scientific and technological civilization, from the rewriting of genetic profiles, various artificial chemicals and drugs. Research and transform the effects of radiation on tissues and organs.

And needless to mention, they all directly skip the animal experiment stage and use humans to collect the most accurate and direct data specimens. Explore the potential of the human body through the most advanced biotechnological modifications.

The entire underground research institute is like a freak prison, with all kinds of weird, inhuman, but vaguely humanoid creatures. Moreover, the vast majority are minors.

Well, I also know from Rama’s experience that these are babies exchanged from the new immigrants who moved to the Night City on the condition of applying for a residence permit.

As experimental subjects, they were genetically edited in their mothers and kept in these large and small sterilization cages for experiments since birth. Rather than saying they are humans, they are just weird monkeys who can't speak.

Some people may ask, can't we use the genetically modified human cloning technology like Sons of Dawn?

Yes, but it’s expensive. Isn’t this a cost consideration? How much does an artificial human uterus cost, and how much does it cost for a poor person?

Moreover, the Sons of Dawn's control over their own patents is much stricter than that of the Security Bureau. If you dare to steal other people's genetic primitives to make bionic humans, they will dare hundreds of aircraft carriers to throw two Dawn Legions down to clean up the ground.

What's more, is there any difference between genetically modified clones born in artificial wombs and orphans born in slums and sold by their parents before conception?

Aren’t we all ordinary people with the same face, the same heart, and the same genome?

Well, it’s similar to how ancient humans experimented with rhesus monkeys and chimpanzees.

Nowadays, the indigenous people on the surface and the cosmic people on Jupiter have actually become polarized into different human subspecies, but at the genetic level, they all have the same origin, the same class and the same branch.

So these days, the so-called "human resources" may only have a little experimental value for medical purposes.

Moreover, weren’t the parents of the children selling them to Tamura Pharmaceuticals themselves?

It's just an exchange of equal value, a fair money transaction.

It is still useful to society. This is a blessing for mortals. Maybe some people will be so grateful...

"Why is this room empty? Where is the fire monkey inside? Did he escape? Or was he dissected?"

Li Pan stopped at the door of a laboratory. From the surveillance video, it appeared that a throwback woolly orangutan was previously locked up here.

Well, when the mood is high, the black hair on the whole body will burst into flames, and the whole body will turn into a fire ape. Not only will it breathe fire from its mouth and nose, but it will also be born with supernatural power. It can beat intelligent soldiers to char and tear them apart at will. It is so fierce... It should be After genetic modification and strengthening, Rama has completed his body, right?

Professor Tamura checked,

"It was bought by a private buyer two days ago. I heard it was taken to play explosive ball."

Li Pan raised his eyebrows, "Exploding ball?"

Tamura, "Oh, it's just a ball that explodes, and then a group of people grab it..."

"I know what an exploding ball is..."

Li Pan was speechless for a while.

"But why buy a...furry baboon?"

Tamura spread his hands,

"I don't know. Maybe those uneducated people think it's fun. There are many restricted-level Mewtwos like this on the Deep Web. Maybe some people want to use that body to eat barbecue."

Li Pan frowned,

"Will he have barbecue?"

Tamura chuckled,

"It can do nothing. It just hides in the corner and cries all day long. It's useless. But it's fine to play with it. Give it some medicine, or cut a lobe, add a remote control, and it can be used as a dog." "Useless... That's right. After all, it's just a child. It's just that the opportunity hasn't come yet... Anyway, thank you for letting me see the secrets of your institute. This can be regarded as a relief. Then..." Tiancun smiled, "What kind of secret is this? It's just some random experimental subjects. What, Ito-kun, do you want to see the real secrets? Tell me earlier, I have good stuff here. Follow me." "Oh, there's more good stuff?" Seeing that the other party was smiling like a primary school student showing off some secret treasure, Li Pan had to control his temper and followed Tiancun to the deepest part of the institute. Behind the heavy sealed door, you can see some creature trapped in a huge container, with its limbs cut off, its mouth and nose inserted into a canister to forcefully inject various LCL nutrient solutions, vitamins and stimulants, and its skull cut open to insert electrodes for electric shocks to force the body to remain alive.

"Who is this? Did I offend you?"

Tamura said proudly,

"Hehe, it's the 'Demon King'."

Demon King? But it looks like a piece of meat made into a human pig...

"Of course not Lord Oda, she is the failed experimental subject when the Demon King project was launched last time. In this state, it is hard to say that she is a person, my task is to 'complete' her.

But in a sense, this cannot be considered a 'failure', after all, her death has been 'completed'. She can't die even if she wants to, and if left alone, the raging sea of ​​flesh will submerge Tokyo, but it's just right to use her body fluids to make cheap recovery agents."

Tamura operated the system, using a mechanical arm to draw blood from the piece of meat, and then injected it into a culture dish containing some white meat.

"Is this maggot...LARVA source protein?"

"Hmm? You are very skilled in the business, Ito-kun, you can tell at a glance."

The white meat immediately became agitated, and the nerves, muscles and bones began to regenerate and replicate themselves, growing human-like hands and feet, human-like limbs, and human-like bodies.

But there is no head or face.

It is like a peeled cicada shell, like snake skin, like a silk cocoon, a human shell, a pale skin bag, appeared on the test bench.

Tamura operated the mechanical arm and lifted up the human shell that looked like clothes.

"This is, the 'Mother Clothes of Demons and Gods'."

"Mother Clothes..."

The Mother Clothes is a part of the armor of the Takamagahara samurai. It is a bamboo frame with a cloak on the outside. It is carried on the back like a big lantern to protect against stray arrows and to hold the chopped heads.

And the thing in front of me does look similar. It looks like a headless and dirty human body, bent over and curled up into a ball.

"These are actually the fragments of Lord Oda's demon armor. Because this failed 'body of the demon king' cannot withstand the power of the demons and summon the complete demon armor, some of the fragments broke into her body and could not be taken out. With repeated tearing and healing, they merged with her and became the prototype of the demon mother's clothing."

Through the live broadcast, the mechanical arm brought the 'demon mother's clothing' to a cell outside and threw it on a certain cyborg boy. The boy did not change his face. I don't know if he was cut off from his senses or didn't feel much pain. He didn't react at all even with a big bag on his back.

But the mother's clothing seemed to be alive. With a pounce and a grab, the fingertips deeply pierced the boy's back and shoulder blades, sucking blood, and it turned from white to pink, and from pink to red, as if a giant tick parasitized on a person's back. It sucked bigger and bigger, and finally "kabo" sucked the whole human body dry, broke it, and sucked it into the "mother's clothing" bag, leaving only a bunch of tentacles sticking out, just like an octopus in a jar.

Li Pan frowned,

"... So what's the use of this thing? Eat people?"

Then before he finished speaking, in the blink of an eye, the "ghost mother's clothing" disappeared into the air like a punctured balloon.

Then the darkness spread, completely covering the cage into the abyss where one can't see one's hand in front of one's face.

"Because most of the "ghost armor" is still on that side, these fragments do not belong to this world. After devouring flesh and blood and growing to a certain size, they will be taken back to that side.

So, the door was opened."

"Door..."

Tiancun grinned,

"The door to the underworld! Come, take you in and take a look!"