Scarlet Dawn [Apocalypse]

Sunlight penetrated the deep blue sea water and fell into the room. A virus-infected dead sperm whale dragged its rotten fish tail and slowly wandered past the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. The shadows shrouded the claustrophobic glass room as if it fell into chaos in an instant, and the sea was silent. The deep blue is oppressing from all directions, and being in the middle, I can only feel my heart tightening uncontrollably.

When the slow-moving sperm whale leaves, the mottled light and shadow are re-projected on the wall, shaking gently with the fluctuation of the sea water. This is the Sydney base of the 'Innovator' located under the Pacific Ocean.

Bai Congxi stood quietly in front of the window, his eyes seemed to be unconsciously set on a certain point in the distant dark blue, he held an old communicator in his hand, and caressed its scratched surface with his slender and shapely fingers. surface, and the owner's slightly debossed name.

Behind him, dozens of instruments are operating at the same time, and the conversation between the two can be heard from time to time. A sexy woman in a tight leather jacket is lying in the middle of a complex precision instrument. Hundreds of wires are connected to the ends of various neurons in the body. Her face is covered with a more sophisticated expression simulation device. Through the iris, she can see the scene of an operating room tens of thousands of kilometers away through the eyes of the artificial body.

After a sweet laugh, the woman said: "Because their brains are usually delicious."

Looking away, Bai Congxi put the old communicator back into his pocket, turned around, with a gentle smile on his face as always, and said lightly: "Jessica, don't draw Xiao Yi's attention."

"I'm really trying to get the young master's attention," Jessica smiled and sat up, her sight was blocked by the instrument, but she still turned her head towards Bai Congxi, pretending to be troubled and said: "What should I do now? , Bishop Congxi? Bye has discovered that something is wrong with 'Shirley'."

Bai Congxi rolled up his lips helplessly, and said, "The medical experts of the alliance have always been rigorous in their style. You gave your own style to the artificial body, didn't you expose it to Xiaoyi on purpose?"

"Oh, I didn't expect to be discovered again. Bishop Congxi, I thought you were distracted with Claude's communicator and didn't notice me~" Jessica licked her lips, giggled and said: "You It really is father and son, the brain must be equally delicious."

"Since you are so interested, I don't mind providing your brain after death," Bai Congxi said, "But you don't have to think about Xiaoyi's."

Jessica: "I don't need you to remind me of this, I know how powerful the ninth-level mutant is, Bishop Congxi, I'm sure I haven't lived enough~"

Bai Congxi smiled silently, put his hands into the pockets of the protective clothing, leaned back on the French window, his gentle voice sounded with the fluctuation of the sea water behind him, as if it was an echo from another world, he said: "You don't have to Too humble, Jessica, when you awakened, you devoured two level [-] mutants in one go, otherwise I wouldn't have entrusted you with the task of protecting Neil."

Hearing this, Jessica licked her lips eagerly, clicked her tongue, and said with great regret: "I almost forgot if you didn't mention it, the taste of mutant brains, so I want to try the young master even more. Woolen cloth!"

Bai Congxi smiled without saying a word, his soft black eyes were like unstained jade, silent and dull, a certain sharp emotion in the depths of his eyes quickly gathered and quickly dissipated, and finally he just kept a flat gaze.

Although the line of sight was obstructed, the warm gaze of the other party seemed to be a sharp knife hidden under the soft fox fur. Jessica felt a chill down her spine. Something sharp was slowly moving at the vital point. Immediately, her body froze and she laughed. He joked: "My lord bishop, don't be angry. You know that I dare not disobey your orders. After all, you are the father of all mutants. The key to our genetic code is in your hands."

With the end of the last word, the smile in Bai Congxi's eyes completely disappeared even though the corners of his lips remained curved as usual, "Jessica, just speak up."

"The eighth-level mutant has escaped for nearly two centuries, Father, but he has not yet dealt with a hidden danger."

"Since you haven't lived enough, don't worry too much, Jessica, and don't blame Father for not being able to protect you."

"I just wanted to remind you..."

"Take care of Xiaoyi's affairs first."

"Yes..." Jessica lowered her head slightly, and the aura she had shown earlier faded a lot. After a while, she asked softly, "What do you want to say, young master?"

Bai Congxi had already turned away, looked at the lonely deep sea again, and said without turning his head: "Tell me the truth."

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The scene in front of me was very strange. From just now, Dr. Shirley seemed to be talking to another person, and judging from the content, that person seemed to be... father?

Bai Yi had already stood up, his brows tightened, and he silently watched each other's every move.

His early guess was that Dr. Shirley was an undercover agent placed by the "innovator" in the scientific research of the alliance. This time, the active exposure may have to be close to him for some reason, but judging from the current situation——Bai Yi hesitated Tightening his lower lip, he was very skeptical of the thought that flashed through his mind. He stared at the woman behaving strangely, and suddenly felt that it was another person's consciousness that was manipulating this artificial body behind him!

Is this really possible?

Immediately afterwards, Bai Yi suddenly recalled Silveson's deduction about the "innovator" artificial human on the night of the Creation Ball—their brains are only partially active, and their behavior is controlled by a central chip, and this chip may be the established programs, and may be remotely controlled by humans...

Could it be that the woman who controls the artificial body in front of her is with her father? !

At this time, Xue Li, who had been "talking to herself", calmed down, and looked at Bai Yi with her beautiful eyes. She jumped off the test bench, smiled and bowed, and said, "Now let's get to know each other again, young master, I It is a fifth-level mutant created by Father, code-named Jessica. Dr. Shirley of the alliance was eliminated by the idiot masked man as early as the creation day. This is specially made by Father to get close to you during genetic modification. artificial carrier."

So it really is remote control!Bai Yi was startled, his face was calm as usual, and he pretended to be calm: "So, what Hill brought back that night was the artificial man you prepared in advance?"

"Yes."

"What does he have to do with me?"

Jessica, who manipulated 'Dr. Shirley', brushed her long hair habitually, and explained with a smile: "The 28th reserve, the excellent gene samples provided by Prince Vatican, with a 30.00% transformation success rate, these pairs will soon be compatible with the ninth-level mutation It is meaningless to you who have been fused with the body, young master, you have always naively thought that you can really accept genetic modification, right?"

Bai Yi's eyes darkened immediately, and he asked in a stern voice, "What do you mean?"

"The relationship between the D virus and the gene of the blood group is mutual phagocytosis. In the body you use, the virus is equivalent to the normal cells of the human body. Even if it is not infectious, it does not have the effect of paralyzing the blood group, but you always It can't be expected to be enhanced by vampire genes, can it?"

Jessica carefully observed the changes in the young man's facial expression, and seeing that the other party hadn't responded for a long time, she smiled and said softly: "You who live with the ninth-level mutant, using the blood gene to strengthen your body is doomed to fail— —Little master, you don’t have to worry, after devouring Nine, you will be stronger than any half-blood or even pure-blood, but now your body is already slowly changing.”

"If it's just an ordinary human being, it's absolutely impossible to cause this level of soft tissue damage just by relying on grip strength." While speaking, she raised the wrist that was held by Bai Yi before, and showed Bai Yi the bruise that had not yet disappeared Look, "However, it is precisely because of the continuous improvement of functions that the burden on this artificial body is increasing. Father knows that you will not easily go back with us, so he needs to inject you with a medicine that delays strengthening."

His eyelashes drooped, and Bai Yi remained silent, as if to judge the credibility of the other party's statement. In fact, he knew his body quite well, and his strength, speed, and even his perception had indeed undergone subtle changes.

This kind of change was not obvious when the military academy received Hill's training, but when the exercise started, they were thrown into a relatively harsh natural environment and faced with the beasts that were weaker than pure blood, and the improvement in physical function could be easily revealed.

Bai Yi lowered his head and stared at the pale palm, and his sensitive hearing caught a slight tremor in the air. After a while, he looked up again at the woman waiting at the other end, and asked, "How do you plan to explain to the Alliance?"

"Your result can only be the failure of genetic modification. I will provide a proof and submit it," Jessica sighed, and said, "This is entirely for your protection. Once your identity is known by the alliance, we will I don’t think they will allow the ninth-level mutants made by the ‘innovators’ to survive in this world, young master, this place is really not suitable for you.”

The hand placed by his side clenched Chengcheng unconsciously, trembling slightly, Bai Yi raised his head with a gloomy expression, and asked coldly: "Excuse me, why did you let me go back to the hive with the transfer team? Why didn't he send me back to the beehive?" Stay by your side from beginning to end? Wouldn't there be no trouble like today?"

Jessica was slightly stunned, and this expression also appeared on Dr. Shirley's face. She was silent for a few seconds, then shook her head slightly, and said, "I don't know about Father's arrangement..."

Bai Yi nodded slowly, and then asked, "Did you do something about the genetic modification of the students before?"

"Before you return to the hive, Shirley will take care of your body instead of Sissy. I can't disrupt the plan because of a few reserves, so no." Speak out together without reservation.

"There are two students in the reserve, named Ian and Brook, who should have received genetic modification in the morning," Bai Yi asked lightly, "How did it turn out?"

Jessica was also unambiguous, and directly turned on the optical brain to retrieve the files that had been entered, and replied after a while: "The transformation was successful, the gene of Sylvison Vanjo, the fusion rate is quite good, and he should be able to enter a good team—— "Then she raised her head from behind her light brain, showing a sinister smile, and teased: "I'll be honest, don't be angry, young master. Entering a first-class team means playing against us sooner. Your friend may not survive." long~"

The cold eyes cut through the air, and instantly froze the smile on the artificial body's face. Bai Yi didn't speak, turned on the bed, bent the sleeve of his right arm, and said, "Do what you should do, and stop talking nonsense."

Jessica was inexplicably relieved as the cold stare was drawn away. She controlled Dr. Shirley's artificial body to stand up, took the syringe filled with the medicine before, and skipped the disinfection step. Inject it all.

"Genetic modification takes two hours. How did you plan to hide this time?"

The needle was withdrawn, and the needle hole healed almost at the same time. Jessica carefully put away the syringe, and replied frankly: "Two hours of anesthesia, no surgery, the time will directly announce the failure of genetic modification."

Bai Yi glanced at her from the corner of his eye, "So I have to lie here for two hours?"

Jessica nodded, a little confused about what the other party meant.

"Let Silvison in."

Jessica was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Young master, you... you want to tell him?!"

"Nonsense, an undercover agent was rescued from an emergency mission, how can I help you hide it from him?"

"..." Jessica was a little speechless. How could someone tell the undercover clearly that I was going to report you, and that the undercover had to help find the person who was about to headshot her. Is this really the bishop's own son?Isn't this really an undercover agent arranged by the Alliance to join the 'Reform' organization?Although she is only controlling Dr. Shirley's artificial body remotely, after the neurons are connected, she herself will be very painful if the artificial body is killed, okay? !

After receiving the delay potion, Bai Yi on the hospital bed seemed to relax a lot. At this time, seeing Jessica still standing motionless by the bed, he immediately frowned displeasedly, "Why don't you go soon?"

"Young master, this..."

The Shirley puppet in the medical center and the fifth-level mutant far below the Pacific Ocean made a hesitant expression at the same time. In exchange for this, Bai Yi gave a cold but murderous glance, while the other side stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back. Bai Congxi said lightly, "Do as he says."

"Yes."

Shirley and Jessica said at the same time.