Puppeteer [Interstellar]

Rein's ship also has a place similar to a training ground, a place for soldiers to exercise and exercise. There is also a virtual training ground, which uses holographic simulation technology to enable human consciousness to perform various operations in the virtual scene. Simple That is to say, the whole series of games.

After Lyle woke up, Clarence didn't let him perform the so-called ceremony immediately, but decided to give him some physical exercise first, and told Lyle some things to pay attention to during the ceremony.

Because Lyle had been lying down for many days, the body muscles that had not been exercising very much became a little wilted, so Clarence led Lyle to the training ground, and at the same time gave him a hormone injection.

In the current advanced medical development of the alliance, human beings can forcibly improve their physical functions in a short period of time by injecting certain special adrenaline hormones or taking related drugs without too many side effects. People can also support a longer period of time and live longer in a dying state.

It can be said that this drug has saved many lives.

This kind of hormonal drug is widely used and can be used in treatment, surgery, competition, and even combat. Many people basically use it as a stimulant without side effects. The unrestrained squandering in daily life makes Many people have become dependent on this hormone drug.

Lyle does not often use this kind of medicine, but he is no stranger to it. In the past, many people in the Hawke family used this kind of thing. Some people used this kind of medicine in school when they were in school. Even before Lyle The "life-saving needle" that was once used for self-rescue is actually a kind of hormone drug.

Clarence brought some extra hormone drugs to Lyle, and let Lyle put it in his bag, saying that he would use it later, so Lyle accepted it honestly.

Immediately afterwards, Lyle followed Clarence's command to do things. He did some rehabilitation in the training ground to restore his paralyzed body to normal. At the same time, Clarence also began to explain some specific situations to Lyle.

"Listen, boy."

Clarence called Lyle over, and said to Lyle: "Whether you understand it or not, you will have to face this challenge next, and you should know the final spiritual contract between the golem and the puppeteer, which requires a ceremony To be done."

Without saying a word, Lyle raised his head and looked at Clarence with serious eyes.

Clarence took a closer look at Lyle. In Clarence's eyes, this child is really young. He does have a slight resemblance to Rain, which is enough to prove the blood relationship between him and Rain. The young Lyle reminded Clarence of the young Rain. Time passed so fast that Clarence couldn't remember the past.

"Among the rumors from the outside world, ordinary people think it's just a slightly erotic ceremony, and they even bluntly said that as long as they have sex with the puppet, they can form a formal contract."

Clarence stared at Lyle seriously: "If you also have the same thoughts, then I can only bless you not to die too badly in the following ceremony."

"No need to talk nonsense, you can just tell me what to do." Lyle actually realized that the so-called formal contract was not that simple, but he didn't feel terrible because he believed in Scar very much.

"Very good, I think you should have awakened." Noticing that Lyle was very calm, Clarence was a little relieved, "The official conclusion of the spiritual contract with the puppet is divided into several steps, and I will follow you one by one. Come on."

"The first step, you have to make the puppet go crazy."

Clarence suddenly took out his personal terminal, and used the small virtual screen to show Lyle a video. In this video, Lyle saw a puppet in a frenzy.

That is indeed a golem in a state of mania. There is a digital mark on his neck that belongs to a golem, and he is in a half-worm state. He is locked in a strange cage. The cage is not made of metal iron. It should be a cage made by an energy barrier.

This manic puppet is attacking everything around him crazily, no matter whether there is an attack target or not, he is still attacking, he not only attacks the surrounding things, he even attacks himself, scratching himself with claws covered in blood .

"This is a puppet that is in a frenzy." Clarence pointed to the puppet in the video, and continued to tell Lyle: "Generally speaking, there are only a few states in which a puppet will go berserk: the first , The owner of the puppet encounters a very serious threat, so serious that when the puppet realizes that it cannot save the master, the puppet will become manic."

"Secondly, the puppet's owner is dead, and the puppet will also become manic, and will remain in this state until it dies from exhaustion."

"The third is that when the puppet over-alienates its body and becomes a full-bodied Zerg, the puppet will gradually become manic. It is very difficult for them to stay awake in this state, and it is almost impossible to return to normal humans. form, so don't easily let your golem completely worm, unless you have to sacrifice your golem when you encounter a deadly threat."

"And the last one... is when you formally sign a spiritual contract with your puppet, your puppet will also become the state in the video."

While explaining to Lyle, Clarence stretched out his hand to enlarge the screen of his personal terminal, and clearly showed the crazy puppet in the video in front of Lyle. The puppet was obviously crazy to the extreme. Anyone who tried to approach the cage , will arouse his intention to attack.

He was bleeding and howling at the top of his lungs. There were more and more blood stains in the cage, and the blood couldn't flow out through the energy barrier of the cage, so a puddle was formed in the cage.

"If this manic state is not lifted, it is obvious that the puppet will die. He will keep trying to attack others and even himself. When his blood dries up, he can only fall down forever."

While Clarence was speaking, the puppet in the video was obviously exhausted, and his manic symptoms began to weaken. He lay in the cage for a long time without moving, and seemed to have become weaker. His body was twitching unnaturally. He seemed to be conscious. Realizing his own imminent death, he stretched out his claws somewhere outside the cage, a motion that made it look like he was calling for help.

Lyle stared intently at the puppet in the video, watching him make a weak sound and then completely fall to the ground and remain motionless.

"Are all your puppets made of living people?" Lyle asked suddenly.

Clarence replied as a matter of course: "Yes, we will select soldiers with good physical fitness and excellent condition as experimental subjects, transform them into puppets, completely erase their self-will and memory, and make them into living creatures. Fighting machine."

Clarence said this without guilt or embarrassment at all. He seemed to think it was normal: "Do you mind this? Do you think this behavior is inhumane or too cruel?"

"I can't accuse you of your actions, because the puppet you made did save all mankind. Even though it is cruel and inhumane, I am also a beneficiary of it. When I became a puppet master, I couldn't get away with it. "

Lyle lowered his head, and his Scar was standing beside him. If Scar really had self-awareness, what would Scar think of Lyle?

Will Scar hate Lyle?

Lyle could believe that Scar would never hurt him before, but now after hearing what Clarence said, he suddenly became a little scared. Scar had to choose Lyle as his master because he became a puppet. To protect him and watch him.But if Scar didn't become a puppet, Scar still has his own will...

Would he hate Lyle?

"There is no need to have psychological pressure." Clarence seemed to see Lyle's worry, and he folded his arms beside him, speaking naturally.

"I am the one who conducts these inhumane experiments, and it is my research institute. You puppeteers are nothing more than victims, just like puppets. If you want to hate, then feel free to hate me."

These words caused Lyall to look sideways, causing Lyall to raise his head to look at Clarence, but he only saw a profile of Clarence. This old man's face was full of vicissitudes and traces of time.

"Not much gossip, let's continue to talk about this contract ceremony." Clarence put away the video played on the terminal and continued to talk to Lyle, "About the mania of the puppet and the consequences of mania , I think you should be clear, the golem in this state will become very dangerous, even if his master stands in front of them, they will attack as much as they want, rather, the master will become their main force instead. target."

"The human brain has the instinct of self-protection, and this so-called spiritual contract is to let you use your own spiritual power to invade the brain of the puppet, and forcibly conclude this kind of spiritual master-servant relationship, so that you can be connected together, Allowing you to command and control golems freely."

"But the puppet will have the consciousness to resist instinctively. He will reject your spiritual power and refuse to be your puppet. If you force him blindly, he will want to attack you, want to kill you, want to To destroy you at will."

Clarence squinted his eyes: "Most puppet masters can't pass this test. Basically, they all died at the signing ceremony of this formal contract. Without exception, they were torn to death by golems. Of course, once they die , the puppet will also fall into a complete mania and go crazy to death."

"If you pass this level, and successfully invaded the puppet's spirit when it was in a state of mania, so that he can obey your orders, your contract ceremony will be half successful."

Clarence said: "But it's only half the battle."